Mark Gale

Vice Principal at Torquay Academy and Chemistry teacher. Pupil premium/narrowing the gap.

[Mark Gale @mgale_devon]

@FlintTeaches 😊😊👍👍👍👍 Great stuff!

[Mark Gale @mgale_devon]

@sainsburyarch I remember making this, complete with chocolate leaves - and then it slid off the plate as I was putting it in the fridge and landed upside down on the floor. Still tasted nice, if slightly gritty.

[Mark Gale @mgale_devon]

Students really enjoyed the whole day including a visit to Oxford University Museum of Natural History @morethanadodo where we spotted the pillar made of Torquay limestone.

[Mark Gale @mgale_devon]

A wonderful trip to Exeter College Oxford with year 9 and year 12 #TorquayAcademy students. Thanks to @ExColOutreach for putting on a great programme!

[Mark Gale @mgale_devon]

@RestIsPolitics @campbellclaret @RoryStewartUK Since 1979 we've had three large periods of time with the same party in power (1979-1997, 1997-2010, 2010-??). Was politics better back in the sixties and seventies when there were regular changes of government?

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

I have a report out this morning with @instituteforgov on why drastic reform of the exam system is the last thing we need. Instead we should move to a new model of incremental improvement in assessment. https://t.co/G0z84mpHzg

[Malcolm Drakes @mdrakes1]

Making the most of the #sunshine to read @kathrine_28 book Disciplinary Literacy. Love the clear Teaching & Learning expectations for teachers & students which also support #coaching.

[Mark Gale @mgale_devon]

@Andy__Buck Looks like West Side Story to me!

[Doug Lemov @Doug_Lemov]

Students have been through a lot and that means we should expect behavior to be a challenge next year. Some notes on preparing to teach behavior (rather than merely give consequences):

https://t.co/FkGtfPz1XL

[Mark Gale @mgale_devon]

@FlintTeaches Always seems *less* accurate to me than the old approach. And (unlike other subjects) little similarity in the mark schemes from year to year.

[Mark Gale @mgale_devon]

Just received the advance notice information for A-level chemistry. The first two items are:
- Organic chemistry
- Inorganic chemistry
🤔

[Mark Gale @mgale_devon]

@Samfr I wonder what the driver is for this non-story?

[Mark Gale @mgale_devon]

@adamboxer1 @broomesci I've tried both... and I feel that triangles do have the edge, but then I'm a chemist so I'm not entirely sure I'm qualified to comment on this area of physics pedagogy!!

[Mark Gale @mgale_devon]

Wise words, expressed compassionately.

[Southgloshead @Southgloshead]

Are we making our children too fragile? https://t.co/53D7YpkYOm

[Mark Gale @mgale_devon]

@Andy__Buck Most impressive!! It looks great

[Mark Gale @mgale_devon]

@DanJonesPE 404 articles completed at close of play yesterday!

[Mark Gale @mgale_devon]

Here's a sample of titles:
The Kremlin
Eva Perón
Cheddar Caves
Nose to the Grindstone
The Twelve Apostles
Air Quality Index
Stockholm

... TA students will be the most knowledgeable students in the country!

[Mark Gale @mgale_devon]

Impressed by the huge number and very wide range of Cultural Knowledge articles our Torquay Academy staff have written. Well over 300 in just two and a half weeks! Very proud of this achievement.

[Mark Gale @mgale_devon]

@Kathrine_28 Amen!

[Mark Gale @mgale_devon]

Very much looking forward to discussing literacy strategy with @Kathrine_28 tomorrow - exciting plans for reading across the curriculum, library usage, disciplinary literacy.